Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Algorithms - Section 5.4 - Iterative Structures - Questions & Exercises - Page 244: 3

Answer

experience would say that it is better to use different key words to represent pretest and post test loop structures.

Work Step by Step

-This has proven to be a problem with the C language. -When the do and while key words are separated by several lines, readers of a program often stumble over the proper interpretation of a while clause. -In particular, the while at the end of a do statement is often interpreted as the beginning of a while statement. -Thus experience would say that it is better to use different key words to represent pretest and post test loop structures.
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